Well said. The only thing I’d add is that while politics is indeed madness anymore, IMO the old structures are too corrupt, beyond saving. Even the fact that the DSA is forced to form within the Democratic Party as a spoiler because it is literally impossible to win otherwise is proof of how rigid, stacked, and unworkable the old politics has become.
We cannot go back to the old now, and to me that is a good thing. If we’re lucky this turns out like the 1974 midterms (Nixon resigned in August; the midterms were November and the Republicans got hit hard) and gives us some progressive wins.
Well said. The only thing I’d add is that while politics is indeed madness anymore, IMO the old structures are too corrupt, beyond saving. Even the fact that the DSA is forced to form within the Democratic Party as a spoiler because it is literally impossible to win otherwise is proof of how rigid, stacked, and unworkable the old politics has become.
We cannot go back to the old now, and to me that is a good thing. If we’re lucky this turns out like the 1974 midterms (Nixon resigned in August; the midterms were November and the Republicans got hit hard) and gives us some progressive wins.